Category: Ocean Cruising

If you’ve never taken a cruise before and have been considering one for your next holiday, a great way to get a taste for the wonders that a cruise can offer can be a sample sailing, otherwise known as a “cruise to nowhere”. These can also double as a good way to get your fix…

Approaching its first anniversary as part of the P&O Cruises fleet, Pacific Eden has certainly been on the move – spending short seasons in Perth, Cairns and Sydney – from where it has sailed to all corners of the country, to the South Pacific, PNG and the Solomon Islands. The 1,260-passenger P&O Cruises ship is definitely on…

What began as the former MS Ryndam – part of the Holland America Line fleet – transformed in late 2015 with great fanfare into Pacific Aria at the hand of Godmother Jessica Mauboy. And now over a year later, it’s actually difficult to imagine the P&O Cruises without her. The ship arrived already kitted out as P&O’s newest vessel…

One of the most popular rivers in Europe for river cruising operations – you’ll find most, if not all river brands sailing on the Rhine. Most itineraries feature a stint on part of it, usually on the run between Amsterdam and Budapest, however a number of others will deviate from this and head into other…

A new seafood restaurant, a massive technology boost, and even see-through water slides are among a buffet of brand-new and exciting upgrades and enhancements now available on one of P&O Cruises’ most endearing workhorses – Pacific Dawn. The 2,000-passenger ship has returned to its home port in Brisbane following the two-week upgrade program carried out…

For the latest of the late bookers, a last minute offer has been released for travellers to Europe to jump onboard one of a number of river cruise itineraries departing this year with two travellers able to go for the price of one if booking before 30 June 2016. The offer comes from Tempo Holidays,…

Approaching its first anniversary as part of the P&O Cruises fleet, Pacific Eden has certainly been on the move – spending short seasons in Perth, Cairns and Sydney – from where it has sailed to all corners of the country, to the South Pacific, PNG and the Solomon Islands. The 1,260-passenger P&O Cruises ship is definitely on…

Let’s be honest, if you’re researching your cruise and you place a photo of Pacific Jewel alongside one of the newer ships regularly based in Australia, you may be more likely to gravitate toward the latter based on looks alone. But anybody who makes their choice of cruise ship based only on the exterior is setting themselves…

Families of four can kick off their Easter long weekend by locking in a Royal Caribbean cruise for their next holiday, with huge discounts released today valid for the third and fourth person travelling in a single cabin across a wide variety of sailings. Cruise fares starting from $33 per person per day, reflecting only…

The arrival of Golden Princess towards the end of 2015 and its subsequent home porting in Melbourne was not just a glowing endorsement for Australia as a market so important for Princess Cruises that it was willing to base one of its largest ships in a market unproven to be able the ability to consistently fill so…